politics

george michael takes the stand for sex ed

In film & television, personal, politics on 1 April 2008 with 1 comment

Once again Eli Stone proves to be a. the gayest show on abc and b. perhaps the bravest blatently lefty show on primetime. Here’s a clip from last week’s show with George Michael on the stand.

This clip is a small consolation for the fact that I spent at least 48 hours last week seriously bummed […]

twitter of the day

In net culture, politics, pop culture on 15 March 2008 with no comments

from kateconsumption: “just saw a man on hwy 12 selling Obama shirts from the trunk of his car.”

wanda sykes on ellen

In film & television, politics, pop culture, queer on 13 March 2008 with no comments

At little later on Ellen’s show, Wanda Sykes takes on Sally Kern (and throws in some Barack/Hillary banter just for kicks.)

sally kern needs to join PFLAG

In politics, queer on 13 March 2008 with no comments

My brother tipped me off this morning to a post on QUEERTY that there’s evidence that Sally Kern, of the infamous gays are worst than Islam rant, has a gay son. Awesome. Way to channel your irrational disappointment of your son into public vitriol.
Meanwhile, while those of at work weren’t looking, Ellen’s gotten gayer and […]

how one (not) OK politician feels about us gays

In politics, queer on 11 March 2008 with 1 comment

Tipped off by an email from a co-worker this morning, here’s a pretty damning audio clip of Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern pitching her anti-gay rhetoric that has been transformed into a viral ad for the Victory Fund.

the road to denver: the local caucus

In politics on 7 March 2008 with no comments

I just received an update from the California Democratic Party about the upcoming caucuses to pick delegates for Denver. Here are the take home points:
- preliminary delegate/gender allocation to be posted next week
- location of local caucus TBD
- caucus day is Sunday April 13th - Save the Date!
Registration opens at 2pm and […]